Historical Events Happened In July - 23

1959  On this day in history vP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR  

1960  On July - 23 15th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls  

1961  On July - 23 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open  

1961  On July - 23 esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75  

1964  On July - 23 egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage  

1964  On July - 23 jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74  

1965  On this day in history beatles "Help" is released in the UK  

1966  Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens on this day in history.  

1966  Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" on this day in history.  

1966  Donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60 on July - 23.  

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1967  On July - 23 43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)  

1967  Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons on July - 23.  

1967  On this day in history race riots claiming 43 erupts in Detroit  

1968  On July - 23 fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt  

1968  On this day in history pLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane  

1968  Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed on July - 23.  

1968  Don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets) on July - 23.  

1969  Deli Floyd, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1971  Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1972  On July - 23 eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France  

1972  The first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched on July - 23.  

1973  Ozark AL plane knocked out of the air by lightning, St Louis-36 die on this day in history.  

1973  Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82 on July - 23.  

1974  On July - 23 greek military dictatorship collapses  

1974  On July - 23 mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90  

1976  On July - 23 wings release "Let 'em In"  

1976  Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 64 on July - 23.  

1977  Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges on this day in history.  

1977  On July - 23 rené de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79  

1978  Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas on this day in history.  

1979  E Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops on this day in history.  

1979  On this day in history keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31  

1980  Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya on this day in history.  

1980  On July - 23 river of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter  

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0645  On this day in history birth of yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)  

1301  Duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339) was born on July - 23.  

1339  Louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers) was born on this day in history.  

1401  On this day in history birth of francesco Sfoza, soldier  

1503  Anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.  

1659  Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1705  Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752) was born on July - 23.  

1734  Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730] was born on July - 23.  

0945  Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies on July - 23.  

1227  Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148) on July - 23.  

1373  Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies on July - 23.  

1403  On July - 23 death of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39  

1531  Death of Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers on this day in history.  

1568  On July - 23 don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23  

1581  Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies on July - 23.  

1584  Death of John Day, English printer (b. 1522) on July - 23.